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The Craft

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Rating: 4 stars
Summary: A film which dabbles in the occult!!
Review: I must admit, I love teeny-boppy films like this one. But this is slightly more orginal. Sarah, a new girl in town comes across 3 slightly strange girls known as 'The Bitches of Eastwick!' who like to dabble in the occult. But when Sarah comes along they can actually start to do things for real. Sarah gets the local mean stud Chris (Skeet Ulrich looking completly different then usual) to fall hopelessly in love with her, Bonnie (Neve Campbell) who is afflicted with terrible burn scars magic's them away, Rochelle (Rachel True) gets true revenge on her racist bitchy tormentors and Nancy (Fairuza Balk at one of her best and nastiest) goes very powerful and.. weird! This film is good fun to watch with a great finale (Not for the faint-hearted!)

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: the teenage magic phaze
Review: the movie is why so many million of teen girls act like witches now in the 90s this stylish account of 3 women practicing black magic when 1 takes it too far and the others want out but its too late the whole movie has a highschool kinda vibe going for it and i remember when this movie cameout i was like 16 and every chik on earth suddenly became a witch lmao silly but this movie was pretty cool and has some decent scenes like her walkin on water is spooky or dead animals this movies the closest to a womans movie ill ever watch

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Amazingly Evil and creepy teen thriller
Review: This movie is by far in my top 3 favorite movies of all time. It takes a lot to sit next to the all time classics, Ferris Bulers day off, and Clueless. I can't tell you how many times i've watched this movie, and by now, i know ALL the words. I got my friends hooked on it to. Nothing beats the first time you watch it though, and that impact you get from watching it a 2 in the morning with the lights off. It's not even that scaring, just creepy, and full of suspense. It's a movie you'll want to watch OVER AND OVER again. If your into the whole, backstabbing, creepy revenge of a phsyco (...)...then you'll really like this movie. I love it and it makes any DVD collection complete.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Not scary
Review: This movie was not what I had expected at all. It was boring, although it had some kind of plot, it was cliche and predictable. Three teenage girls get into witchcraft, then a new girl transferrs to the school, of course, she becomes the most powerful of them all, and of course, one of the girls had to turn evil, and then the new girl needs to save them all with her all-mighty witch powers.
It is not worth the rental fee.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: pleasently pagan
Review: "THE CRAFT" was honestly one of the best films I've seen in years. If you like "PRACTICAL MAGIC", "HOCUS POCUS" or the t.v. series "CHARMED", then "THE CRAFT" is write up your aly.
weather you are pagan or not, you will definately find some way to relate to this awsome pic.*****

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Craft Services
Review: The Craft is a solid, yet still somewhat predictable thriller, that tried to ride the surging horror wave started by Scream.

Sarah Baily (Robin Tunney) has always felt like an outsider all her life. So, when she and her Dad (Cliff De Young) move to a new town, she finds herself having to start fresh. As the new gal at St. Benedict's Academy, she immediately falls in with the high school's female misfits. But, this group of girls won't settle for being just powerless outcasts, that nobody wants to hang out with. Indeed, Nancy, (Fairuza Balk) Bonnie, (Neve Campbell), and Rochelle (Rachel True) have discovered just how much fun school can be if you have the skills to use "The Craft" and they plan to show Sarah the way.

Director and co scripter Andrew Fleming plays things pretty safe throughout the film. The tried and true horror formula isn't tested that much. Young and trendy stars populate the cast, with moments of humor and a few jolts, thrown in for good measure. The breakout performance for me here is Balk's sassy Nancy. She is one tough witch you don't want to mess with. She helps make the film better than it would be otherwise. As with any film about the wicken way, there's also a certain female "bonding" subtext that has to play itself out, as well.

The special edition DVD substitutes for the movie only edition from awhile back. The audio commentary from Fleming is a nice mix of the tecnical and on set trivia about the film. There are two making Of featurettes on the disc. The first,is a six minute EPK style prepublicity kind of thing, while the second is a 24 minute retrospective, produced for the DVD. Conjuring THE CRAFT features "new" interviews with Fleming, Robin Tunny, Rachel True among others, intermixed with on set comments from Balk and Campbell. This is well produced. Fleming provides commentary for the deleted footage that, doesn't really amount to much as far as the final version is concerned The entire film score from Greame Revell is preserved and given its due as an isolated music track. Talent files, as well as, theatrical trailers for The Craft, among other films top off the bonus material on the disc. Addtional production notes can be found inside the keep case.

The Craft is worth a dabble, with a *** and a half star rating, as long as your expectations are kept in check.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Girl Power
Review: "The Craft" is a silly movie about four teenage girls who are into goth, darkness and witchcraft. They`re mysterious, edgy and hip, know what they want and how to get there, so beware. As the story unfolds, the more childish and ridiculous it gets, presenting teen rebellion in an obvious and over-the-top way. It even has a dated soundtrack with some mid-90`s alternative rock bands, and it`s not very good either. The characters aren`t menacing or interesting, so why should we care? Probably some 13 year old girls will like this, though. Otherwise, it`s just a powerless craft.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: It's not real people
Review: Ok as a practising druid, I have a few things to say to the "It's not accurate" people. Wicca isn't the only pagan religion out there and they never mentioned wicca, what they said reflects much of the pagan (not wiccan) ethos. It's a film about witchcraft and teen alienation. Some reviewer complained about the crosses. It's a goth uniform people, the characters (especially Nancy) were goths and that is what they wear. I don't believe in the threefold law, I do believe that what you send out comes back, but I don't believe it multiplies by 3. Paganism/wicca/witchcraft has many branches of the same trunk and it's stupid to say "It's not Wicca!" They weren't making a serious Wiccan film.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great Show!!!
Review: Great storytelling and different plot. I wish teen movies were still like this. Girls get magical powers and anything they want they get, but drama comes with it.I guess the magic is Wicca but I am not sure, The special effects are great, the levatation, and morphing scenes are very good. Very funny and spooky. Watch with some popcorn and enjoy.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Crafty
Review: It is an accurate statement that the followers of witchcraft do not usually proselytize, which means you aren't going to find us standing on your local street corner. Nor do you have to worry about jumping out of the shower to answer the door. But just because they aren't the foreible type doesn't mean that they don't exist. Trying to find them, though, can sometimes be tricky. Which is part of the fun. Witchcraft is definitely an enjoyable practice. There is no fear, no hatred, no cowering at Divinity. Each of us has the right to enjoy all that the Universe has to provide.
My point is that these people in the movie can take the real world and superimpose upon it the world of illusion, in order to either fix or prevent many of life's difficulties-or even better, create happiness and well being for themselves and others. Witchcraft is a natural and practical aspect of being. If followed properly, it doesn't hurt anybody, and can help many. It meshes easily with the cycles of the Universe. On the
otherhand, if not followed properly, then you will be punishsed at the end just like the character, "Nancy".
An unelighted individual will tell you that the bulk of witches in our society are people who seek solace in a specialized group which relates better to fantasy than to reality...societies reality. There are three words in our language that come to mind that mean something different to everyone. They are "LOVE", "Happiness", and "Divinity". There are many more. But, what is right for you may not be right for someone else. Therefore, it is necessary that your "truth" conform to anyone else's. Conversely, one cannot be expect the world to conform to your truths, either.
It is my personal opinion that most people are attracted to the Craft not by its religious content, but by its scientific and technological allure. Examples of the science in the Craft are telepathy, spell casting, divination, astral travel, dowsing, etc. The outside world is more likely to hear and become interested in a new technological of the Craft because it appears to be less threatening in nature than a new religious structure that is different from their owm.

Well. what can i say? Besides, the movie was okay but there could have been a little bit more action in terms of witchcraft.Basically, the choice is yours because not everybody thinks the same way. Everybody has there own oppoion about good
witchcraft movies.


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